7.1
Red Cliff
2008
“Behind the song you love is a story you will never forget.”
Amazing Grace (2006)
September 16, 20061h 57mEN
6.9
317 votes
Overview
The true story of William Wilberforce and his courageous quest to end the British slave trade. Along the way, Wilberforce meets intense opposition, but his minister urges him to see the cause through.
Director
Michael AptedWriter
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Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
N/A
Revenue
$32.1M
Production Companies
Samuel Goldwyn FilmsRoadside AttractionsBristol Bay ProductionsIngenious Media
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User Reviews
Andres Gomez
7.0The cut is a little bit tangled making hard to follow every hop in time. Otherwise, script and photography are good and the cast does a good job.
CinemaSerf
6.0Aside from a few charismatic scenes from Sir Michael Gambon as the sagely if rather devious Foreign Secretary Lord Edward Fox, the rest of this really struggles to elevate itself from the doldrums of it's rather dreary cast. It possibly doesn't help that much of the drama is set in a wet and gloomy 19th century England but Ioan Gruffudd as the pioneering abolitionist William Wilberforce comes across as weedy and lacklustre. The same can be said for Benedict Cumberbatch's Prime Minister William Pitt and for the most part this felt like a chronological history lesson instead of a drama that enth…
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